The ceremony of the enthronement of the new head of the UOC Metropolitan Onufry
The ceremony of enthronement of the newly elected Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Metropolitan Onufry (Berezovsky) was held at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra in Kiev.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is self - governing Of Moscow Patriarchate. Metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine Vladimir, head of it since 1992, and recent years, seriously ill, died on 5 July. The election of the new head took place in Kiev on 13 August. Of the 74 candidates head of the Kyiv Metropolitan Department was elected Metropolitan of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna Onuphrios, February acting Locum Tenens of the Department.
in the elections participated 78 bishops: 52 ruling, 22 auxiliary (helping) and four provincial. The election was held in round 2, by secret ballot. In the first round was determined by the 3 candidates for the position of head of the: Metropolitan Onufry got 36 votes, Metropolitan and Brovary, Boryspil Anthony, 24, Metropolitan of Vinnitsa and Barsky Simeon - 9. In the 2nd, and final, round of the Metropolitan Onufry voted 48 of bishops, Metropolitan Anthony - 25, Metropolitan Simeon - 1 participant Cathedral.
Press Secretary of the UOC-MP, Protopriest Heorhii Kovalenko told reporters on Sunday morning, now that the Ceremony of enthronement of the newly elected Primate has already taken place, but services are still ongoing.
According to Kovalenko, the event was attended by Commissioners 12 Of the fifteen Autocephalous Orthodox churches in the world. For example, for valid reasons were absent Commissioners of the three Orthodox churches of Antioch, Cyprus and Albania.
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